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Scholarship Program Details
FIELD OF STUDY:
Graduate-level Business or Management Studies
VALUE:
$5,000, plus a year-long mentorship with one of Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 50 CEO award winners (terms and conditions of mentorship to be determined by the mentors).
NUMBER OF AWARDS:
One scholarship will be awarded annually.
TERMS OF REFERENCE:
Awarded annually to the part-time or full-time graduate-level business or management studies student (must be attending university in Atlantic Canada during the Spring 2008 semester) who best exemplifies the characteristics of Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 50 CEO award winners.
Inaugurated in 1999, Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 50 CEO awards recognize corporate leadership excellence. Award winners are bold, savvy and entrepreneurial in spirit. They are proud community supporters and active volunteers. They are driven to generate wealth, not just for their own personal gain, but for the benefit of their shareholders, employees and the larger Atlantic community.
The scholarship will be awarded based on strong academic achievement, proven leadership skills and community involvement as well as a 1,000 word essay.
Award selection will be determined by Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 50 CEO Scholarship Selection Committee.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Interested applicants must submit a transcript of their marks along with a copy of their curriculum vitae and a 1,000 word essay (double spaced, 12-point font size) on the following topic:
- EXEC-Appeal
This is intended to be an introspective essay that reveals why you are a student of advanced business/management studies and how you plan to use the skills you are acquiring to further the economic growth of the Atlantic region. Examples of possible themes your essay can include, but are not restricted to, are: lessons learned from Atlantic Canadian role models; shifting demographics; rural sustainability; attaining economic self-reliance; the role of scientific innovation; and, global market opportunities. The Scholarship Selection Committee will be specifically looking for original ideas, creative approaches and workable goals.
- Application deadline is extended to March 30, 2008
Submit your completed application to:
Top 50 CEO Scholarship Selection Committee
Atlantic Business Magazine
P.O. Box 2356, Station C
St. John’s, NL A1C 6E7
The bursary will be awarded during the Top 50 CEO awards gala, to be held in Halifax during May, 2008.
DONOR:
Established by Atlantic Business Magazine with assistance from the corporate sponsors of the Top 50 CEO awards.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Dawn Chafe, Editor
Tel: 709-726-9300
E-mail: dchafe@atlanticbusinessmagazine.com
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Kimberly McIsaac is a passionate and committed student currently
completing a Master of Business Administration from the Sobey School
of Business at Saint Mary’s University. From Halifax, Nova Scotia,
she has a well-rounded educational background having graduated from
Dalhousie University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree,
majoring in Biology.
She believes highly in the training, betterment and success of youth
in Atlantic Canada and the need to empower them on a regional and
global scale. Kimberly’s long term career interests include the
medical profession, health care, medical research, health
administration and international business.
Having worked throughout the entirety of her post-secondary
education, Kimberly has demonstrated strong time management skills
and the ability to excel under high-stress situations. Her community
involvement has encompassed local volunteer work with Capital Health
and as an orchestral pianist. She has also, on several occasions,
devoted personal time to orphanage outreach overseas in the Ukraine.
Kimberly has been newly elected as the MBA Society’s Communication’s
Officer for the 2008-2009 school year and her other academic
achievements include the MBA Performance Scholarship (2007), Hershey
Food Corporation USA Four Year Renewable Scholarship (2003), Loblaw
Companies Limited Entrance Scholarship (2003), Burger King
Corporation Entrance Scholarship (2003), and Dalhousie Entrance
Scholarship (2003).
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